Why Are Guillotine Blades Angled? (tested)

Get 4 months extra on a 2 year plan here: https://nordvpn.com/knowart It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! Special thanks to National Museum De Gevangenenpoort. Check out Proper Printing's video: https://youtu.be/QRMH95-m8So Check out the blog post from my brother about some of the interesting math behind diagonal cuts: http://pepijndevos.nl/2024/08/24/why-is-a-guillotine-blade-diagonal.html If you'd like to support my work through other means, and make me less dependent on advertisers, you can sign up for my Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/know_art You can follow me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/know.art.aldo/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@know.art.aldo/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aldodevos/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VosAldo Want to collaborate? Just send me a DM somewhere! Want to sponsor a video? You can find my email in the channel info. - Aldo Timestamps: 00:00 - intro 00:30 - measurements at museum 02:03 - theory of cutting 05:51 - brachistochrone 06:20 - more theory of cutting 07:04 - build 07:20 - the setup 08:12 - NordVPN 09:52 - first tests! 11:02 - new idea 11:42 - flat blade 12:15 - 30° blade 13:37 - 45° blade 14:09 - pointy blade 15:36 - brachistochrone blade 16:49 - the results 18:13 - BBQ